The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is appointed
by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration,
and policy of the Northern Ireland Office (but excluding individual
cases and advice given by the Crown Solicitor); and other matters
within the responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Northern
Ireland (but excluding the expenditure, administration and policy
of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Northern
Ireland and the drafting of legislation by the Office of the Legislative
Counsel).
Current membership
Mr Laurence Robertson MP (Conservative, Tewkesbury)
(Chair)
Mr David Anderson MP (Labour, Blaydon)
Mr Joe Benton MP (Labour, Bootle)
Oliver Colvile MP (Conservative, Plymouth, Sutton
and Devonport)
Mr Stephen Hepburn MP (Labour, Jarrow)
Lady Hermon MP (Independent, North Down)
Kate Hoey MP (Labour, Vauxhall)
Kris Hopkins MP (Conservative, Keighley)
Naomi Long MP (Alliance, Belfast East)
Jack Lopresti MP (Conservative, Filton and Bradley
Stoke)
Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP (SDLP, Belfast South)
Nigel Mills MP (Conservative, Amber Valley)
Ian Paisley MP (DUP, North Antrim)
David Simpson MP (DUP, Upper Bann)
The following Members were also members of the Committee
during the Parliament:
Ian Lavery MP (Labour, Wansbeck)
Stephen Pound MP (Labour, Ealing North)
Mel Stride MP (Conservative, Central Devon)
Gavin Williamson MP (Conservative, South Staffordshire)
Powers
The committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in SO No 152. These are available on the Internet
via www.parliament.uk.
Publication
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at www.parliament.uk/niacom.
Current Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Mike Clark
(Clerk), Duma Langton (Inquiry Manager), James Bowman (Senior
Committee Assistant), Becky Crew (Committee Assistant), Karen
Watling (Committee Assistant), Ravi Abhayaratne (Committee Support
Assistant) and Jessica Bridges-Palmer (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, House of Commons, 7
Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries
is 020 7219 2173/1341; the Committee's email address is northircom@parliament.uk.
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